Another Soaking Ahead

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RAIN SET TO RETURN: Clouds will thicken across Alabama tonight ahead of the next storm system rolling along in the southern branch of the jet stream. Rain will move in during the day tomorrow, becoming widespread and heavier tomorrow night as the surface low moves up into Mississippi. Then, on Friday, while the heaviest rain will be to the east, we will still see periods of light rain or drizzle with low clouds all day. The NAM is printing a whopping 2.78″ of rain for Birmingham with this system, while the GFS is 2.18″. So, needless to say it sure looks like a good soaking.

Seems like the rain will be spread out enough for no major flash flooding issues here, but if we do wind up with 2 to 3 inches of rain, some localized flooding problems are certainly possible. No severe weather is expected with no surface based instability showing up.

TO THE NORTH: We should note this storm will bring lots of snow to the area from Indianapolis to Cincinnati and Washington/Baltimore. Some spots west of the District of Columbia could see two feet by Saturday.

OUR WEEKEND: Saturday looks like a cloudy, breezy, and chilly day with a high only in the mid 40s and some risk of morning drizzle. The sun returns in full forcer on Sunday with a high in the mid to upper 40s.

NEXT WEEK: The parade of storms rolls along. The next storm system will bring rain to much of Alabama by Monday night and early Tuesday. Models are all over the road on this one, but most of the 12Z global models bring enough warm air advection into Alabama for just rain. But, this event is a long way away and forecast confidence is rather low. Watch the Weather Xtreme video for details.

VOODOO COUNTRY: The GFS also likes the idea of a storm in the 2/13-14 time frame, with potential for snow or ice for parts of the Deep South. See Dr. Tim’s discussion below; with the negative AO and the active southern storm track, the rest of February promises to be very interesting around here.

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